The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-06-22
THROUGH TIE STATE.
Accidents md accidents In West Virginia
and Vicinity.

Accidents and Incldsnts III west virginlu
and Vicinity.
Tho monthly pay roll at present, at the
Ensign car works at Huntingdon, amounts
to q 5000.
The full crop Of ssrawberyies gathered
OIL the grounds Of the State InBane Asylum
at Weeton during this aenaon amounts ia
about 1000 gallons. :
Three Marietta oil operators arc having
somewhat Of a race In drilling wells in the
Etbs field, in cloae proximity to the
Borckman bonanza. They.saro down from
800 to 1000 feet. /
DR.. E. @, Bishop and George Garlenour,
who own adjoining lands near Shepherds.
town, had q dispute over a dividing line,
and Bishop waa shot in tho head by Gar
denours-Hfe may die.
The State Board OF Health will convene
ut Charleston on the 18th Of July, and be
IN session two days. Medical students de-
bring to practice in this State will have an
opportunity Of being examined by the
Board at that time.
Calvin Smith, Of Grant county, who
WAS ttiat recovering from 9 long spell Of
sickness, fell from a step ladder, striking
with his side across the railing Of the
porch, breaking a couple Of ribs and other
Wise iniurins him.
Tho st. Mary's New Era is reported to
have recently startled its readers with this
item OF local news: "Five hundred China.
men from the West will settle in Peasants
county come time this summer. -Four
times that number are needed to put life
and activity into the county"
The We.zel Volunteer thinks that in I'D.
d!tion to the safeguards at the preeent
thrown around lie and property by the
State there should DO provision made for
tho employment Of skilled detectives for
the discovery Of tho perpetrators OF crime,
and relers to the Baxter murder case So
an instance.
j. B. MIME has been confined in thu
Plessanta county jail charged with trea-
passing and destruction OF property, hay.
ing been caught nHthe act. Flo was EN-.
ployed in helping to drill a well and was
discharged. In order to got even with
his late employer be broke the lock on
the building over the we'll and dropped
pieces Of steel down the hole.
The Huntington Advertiser in its last
lasne makes q lsudable effort to boom that
town by dovoting considerable space to m
article on the advantages, industries aud
resourcee Of the place. It believes that
there ts Il tidoin the affairs OF cities az we'll
ss men, which taken at the food leads on
to fortune, and that now 10 the hood.tide
Of it's prosperity, and the golden oppoytu-
nifty for acquiring additional
industrioS. :
The Weston Republican in its last issue,
contained the following: Our shippers
cislm that It costs them $40 per car more
under the Inter State Commerce bill to
ship ehcep this year than laat, but il the
shippers Of the wess are required to pay
as much 1t enables US to compete with
them. The advanced rate in the ship.
mcnt OF sheep ia claimed to be due to tho
light weight Of a car load.
a meeting Of The stockholders OF the
Grafton & G%Teenbrier rosd was held last
week that is reported to have been q very
stormy affair. Very little was done and
the meeting wac adjourned till July 20.
The question that seemed 10 fire the stock
holders VEG the conyeyin. TO the Bslti-
more & Ohio Railroad Company 1,lG0
shares OF stock ss an inducoment to se-
euro the loan OF money for the extension
of the road to Bellngtoa.
Tho bids advertised for some time since
!or the construction OF the 9 govern
meat building ct Clarksburg, were open
ed at Washington 6 few days Ego. There
were eight bidders, two from Washington
and Il each from pGrtieB at Louisville.
Syrscuoc. N. Y, ClSrksburg, Boston and
Newport, KY. Ths C!ssksourg bid was
from G. WI Mayers; 1t was for ST., 5l2
with 5000 additional for oak finish on
the upper floors. The boat bid apparent
ly, was from David A. Driscoll, OF Wash
lneton it vac for Sl4, GAG; additional for
OAK finish, frs. and second stories, $4,059.
Sergeant P. 7. Jonkina, in charge Of the
United States signal station at Cincinnati,
has received instructions from Washing.
ton to establish rainfall and water ststione
at gainesville, Gailipolis and Circleyille,
Ohio; Charleston and Hinton, ". Va, and
Ca.lettshurg and Falmouth, Ky. Mr.
Jenkina ia taking great interest in the i'm
proyemens Of the signal service, and is do
ing his best to have a complete watershed
of the Ohio. Mr.. jenkins has also beer
empowered to get special reports from any
section he may deem necessary on specia
occasions.
For come time past q gypsy camp he!
been established near Martiraburg. Re
Gently Mr.. and Mrs. Smith, members o
the band, we're made happy bytho advenI
OF a pretty girl baby. This importani
event threw the camp into q ,otate OF grca'
excitement and many were the names pro,
posed by tho fraternity for tho little strau'
ser,-bHs the parents m%oropolised thu
whole affair and hit upon the name O.
Elizabeth, and decided that the christen'
ing should lake place on o Sunday. "A ha'
was presented to. all visitors for consribn
tiohs toward procuring two begs OF beer t
Celebrate the occasion, and the christen
ing took place in gypsy etyle and Eliza
beth was started in lie with a boom.
a Secret Of the Kitchen.
Boston Courier.